- prototomus
- prōtŏtŏmus, a, um, adj., = prôtotomos, that is cut off first, of the first cutting:2.
caules,
the earliest cabbage - sprouts, Col. 10, 369 (cf. Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 137); so,coliculi,
Mart. 14, 101.—As subst.: prō-tŏtŏmi, ōrum, m., cabbages of the first cutting, Mart. 10, 48, 16.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.